Lesson 68: Vivaldi Concerti, Part 1 — RV 443

• Keep the beat when moving between solo and full-group passages.
• Keep the pulse steady across register changes and sixteenth-note groups.

Solo passages feature one player; tutti passages bring in the full group. This recorder part is a major third below Vivaldi’s written part; shift accompaniment down a major third for soprano or up a semitone for alto.

First solo entry — Allegro, bars 19–20

Count three steady beats, then fit each four-note group into one beat.

Register changes — Allegro, bars 125–126

D-flat6 uses C-sharp6’s shape; this Yamaha fingering leaves the bell open.

G-flat6 uses F-sharp6’s shape; close the bell for the charted fingering.

Try the top note alone with the chart before joining its leap; keep each four-note group even.

Play: tutti opening — Allegro, bars 1–3

Play this tutti opening, then use the complete part below to count through to the solo entry in bar 19.

Now play these

Vivaldi: RV 443 — complete recorder part

All three movements, including every tutti note.

Vivaldi: RV 443 — complete Largo (advanced)

Practise the slow movement’s runs and triplets.

Vivaldi: RV 443 — complete Largo, opening studies

The same complete movement, with different practice bars.

When solo and tutti passages share one steady pulse, continue to Lesson 69.